c. 1600, from Latin apex "summit, peak, tip, top, extreme end;" probably related to apere "to fasten, fix," hence "the tip of anything" (one of the meanings in Latin was "small rod at the top of the flamen's cap"), from PIE *ap- "to take, reach." Proper plural is apices.
双语例句
1. At the apex of the party was its central committee.
该党的最高权力机构是中央委员会。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The apex of the flames licked the crimson sky.
火焰的舌尖舔卷着绯红色的天空。
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3. The Apex fare is £195 return.
优惠往返机票价格为195英镑。
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4. He reached the apex of power in the early 1930 s.
他在三十年代初达到了权力的顶峰.
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5. Spring was the real apex of the year; summer was bathos.
